Beth Mattson-Teig

1 week ago | urbanland.uli.org | Ben Johnson |Beth Mattson-Teig |Ron Nyren

Husband and wife architectural team Hans and Torrey Butzer were living in Berlin, Germany, in late 1996 when a contest in Progressive Architecture magazine caught their attention. The competition called for designing a memorial to the victims of the tragic bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.

2 weeks ago | urbanland.uli.org | Beth Mattson-Teig |Jack Skelley |Brett Widness

TeamLHBK from the University of Cambridge in the UK has been named the winner of the sixth annual ULI Hines Student Competition—Europe. The jury’s decision was announced by ULI and Hines, the global real estate investor, developer and manager, following a two-day in person final held at Hines’ European headquarters, “Grainhouse” in London. Six diverse multidisciplinary teams representing various universities and business schools from across the region participated in the competition final.

4 weeks ago | urbanland.uli.org | Brett Widness |Beth Mattson-Teig

From the November/December Issue of Urban Land 2014: A ULI Advisory Service panel made recommendations about the future use and preservation of Houston’s Astrodome, among the first indoor sports facilities in the world.

4 weeks ago | urbanland.uli.org | Bendix Anderson |Beth Mattson-Teig

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is experiencing increased flooding of local streets, even without major rain events or high winds, and residents are demanding answers. While many are calling on the city to elevate certain streets above the floodplain, ULI experts caution this is the least desirable solution because it can have severe negative consequences on nearby homes and businesses.

1 month ago | urbanland.uli.org | Ron Nyren |Beth Mattson-Teig

Most decarbonization efforts across the real estate industry have been centered on operational carbon—understandably so, given that 28 percent of global emissions come from building use. Private and public investment has been focused on energy efficiency measures, on-site renewables and “greening” of the energy grids. Although there is still a way to go, the sector’s approach to tracking and reducing operational carbon is fairly well-established.